Luis de la Fuente

“Coach Luis de la Fuente, who took over following the disappointing last-16 exit at the 2022 World Cup, is a veteran at 65 but has achieved astonishing results and has a contract until Euro 2028.”

“Spain coach de la Fuente sent on Pedri and Ferran Torres for Fabian Ruiz and Oyarzabal and the chances continued with Argentina in full siege mode.”

“De la Fuente, 65, who took over as Spain coach in 2022 after a successful stint as youth team manager, mentored Scaloni when the Argentina coach was studying for his professional licence in 2018.”

“In the red corner, Spain, who have calmly worked their way into the semi-finals with their brand of possession-based, relentless football that has become their trademark under Luis de la Fuente.”

“In beating Cristiano Ronaldo's Portugal 1-0 on Monday, Luis de la Fuente's men became the first team in history to record six consecutive World Cup clean sheets.”

“Spain coach Luis de la Fuente was satisfied with the performance. "It was a fantastic match — a final played early — and, inevitably, we had to sweat it out until the very end," de la Fuente said. "We put in a complete performance."”

“Luis de la Fuente's Spain cranked up the pressure, Yamal and Alex Baena testing Costa twice in quick succession, the second a wonderful fingertip save.”

“"We played a magnificent match. I am happy because in every aspect we came close to perfection," declared Spain coach Luis de la Fuente.”

“"In football, you can't always play with the brilliance you wish for, or that we are capable of showing at other times," said De la Fuente.”

“"We had to recover good feelings, correct a few things from the last game, but we need to keep improving if we want to achieve our target of getting to the final on July 19," Spain coach Luis De la Fuente said afterwards.”